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APUSH 6.2

yes topic 6.2

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Examples of Mechanization of Agriculture McCormick Reaper Combine Harvester
California Gold Rush 1848 attracted many Chinese, EUropean, Latin American immigrants; created boomtowns overnight, which disappeared once minerals did
Pacific Railroad Act 1862 subsidized the construction of the first transcontinental railroad and split the job between the Union Pacific and Central Pacific companies
Homestead Act 1862 160 acres free land in the West if it was farmed and settled for 5 years
The Grange Collective founded 1867 to support social and economic needs of small farmers suffering high railroad transportation rates and manufactured good prices
First Transcontinental Railroad completed, May 10, 1869 @Promontory Point, Utah, where a golden spike was driven into the rail tie-UP was led by Gen. Grenville Dodge w/ Irish immigrants; CP was led by Charles Crocker, w/ Chinese immigrants
Peak's Pike/Colorado Gold Rush 1869 the mountain Pikes Peak gold strike led up to 100K people into Kansas and Nebraska territories
Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 suspending immigration of Chinese laborers for 10 years (although it would be extended and not ended until 1943)
Interstate Commerce Act 1887 required "reasonable and just" railroad rates, and set up the Interstate Commerce Commission, which lacked teeth and was severely underfunded
Ocala Platform 1890 In 1890, several farmers’ alliances met in Ocala, FL to discuss a few common political initiatives: Direct election of US senators, A gradual income tax (higher incomes, higher tax), free coinage of silver to create inflation and raise crop prices.
Populist Party forms 1892 met in Omaha, Nebraska, on the Omaha Platform, which basically added on to the Ocala Platform; in the South, Thomas Watson of Georgia tried to unite poor blacks and whites
Oregon Trail In the 1840’s a flood of pioneers came to Oregon on a trail blazed by Jedediah Smith(1841-1869). Cholera spread rampant, a 2k mile journey w/ up to 17 deaths/mile. By 1846, 5K lived south of Columbia River
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